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'Pagre Two LA. GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Tuesday December 22, 1931 PUTMAN'S CONNER'S . Combined Stores ' Quit Business Sale Open Evenings ; 'Til Christmas , Itny Ilcttf'i filfts here mill save oil every purchase. All-Stars Meet To Prepare For Shrine Contest SAN ' FRANCISCO, Dec. 22 (P) Tho nation's football capital moves to 8e.n Francisco today an the great est an'ay of talent to be amassed tills Booion gathers In preparation for the annual east-weat Shrlners' charity game New Yonr's day. Twenty-two stars composing the strong eastern contingent, and eight members of tho west team, salected from mid-wert aud southern teams, aro scheduled to arrive at 8:30 this morning together with their coaches, Dick Honley and Andy Kerr of tho caei, and Dana X. Bible, co-coach of the western combination. The ma jority of the west players arrived hero yesterday, Bible and his eight men Joining tho easterners at Den ver jS MALLOHV, MOIII.KK NAVK COLDM f, LOS AN0ELE3, Dec. 22 tP Ml nuo the services of two of Its back- field members, Tom Mallory and Or p villa Mohlcr, both of whom aro suf- ferlng from colds, tho Trojans have f- resumed training for their New $ Year's engagement with tho Tulano ' footballi tcami la tho Roso Bow'J, Mallory and Mohlar were present In civilian clothes when the Trojan squad turned out yesterday after a ! week's layoff, and both aro expect Sf cd to be back In grid togs within " tho next few days. Yesterday's session was secret, -Cdach Howard Jones barring all vis itors from the field. Tulano Is scheduled to orrlvo here early next week. Ralph Gr&enUaf ,y Defeats Rudolph PHILADELPHIA, ' Dec. : 22 0D Tailph Oreenleaf, 11 times champion of tho pocket billiard world In 23 years of competition, holds an un blemished record In a championship tournament. , Tho New York completed hts final gamo or tho 1031 tournament last night with a 126 to 14, lfl-lnning victory over tho dethroned cham pion, Erwln Rudolph, of Cleveland. i fcYh iir;u nnu moon Tho Jenstli o( uio earth's nxl h ' V'niui i.uuu HlllC-H, WI1UC 1116 (11111110- ivt of (lie monn Is 2,100 mlk-a. Tlia .Mirth's surface Is ubmit l.'t',4 times Us great us Die moon's; Its voliimo j or hulk Is nearly DO llir.es larser; i mid. omIiir to lis Bi-euler ilenslly, llie mass or urlii.t) umo'int or mat ' tor curitnliiecl In tho earth Is nbout I -81-times froater than that of the t 'moon ROUND TRIP To all Union Pacific points (also points on certain con necting lines) in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana (Butte, Havre and Wcsl), Wyoming (Grnngor and West), Utah (Or.clen and West), Nevada, California and some points In British Columbia. GOING: DEC. 22, 23, 24, 25, 30. 31 AND JAN. 1 RETURNING: JAN. 5 (Homo by midnight that dato) Approximate ROUND TRIP FARES 'lillllll i: M? TO DESTINATIONS 100 200 500 1000 MILLS MILES MILE! MILES AWAY AWAY AWAY AWAY 2.16 4.32 1 10.80 21.60 Bncgago Chocked Tickets good on nit train and . J" ' aidimara ll ll Tourist Sleepers add regular Ask iacsl agent tor details mum MNFS PI WITH '31 ELEVEN Coach at 'U. S. C. Says Team to Battle Tulane is His Masterpiece; ' - Ity Paul Zlinmcrmuii i 1 (Associated Press Sports Writer) LOS ANGELES Mf There is no fear in the 'heart of Coach Howard Harding Jones for the welfare of his University of Southern California ' imwn my wmcu , poiu ilh wj iry me a wpping oi l umnes Green Wave at Pasadena, New Year's day.. . -t, ,-x Given to few words and no pre dictions, Troy's head man Is willing intimate that tho Trojans aro capable of taking care of themselves In any grid company by saying, "If Tulano wins the Row tournament game, then It will have beaten the best football team I ever coached," And that goes for the 11 which handed Pittsburgh ft 47 to 14 drub bing at the Rose Bowl la 1030 for tho worst defeat any team ever ex prlenced In the 10 years of the lntcrscotlonal classic. Chance to Avenge Const Coach Jones believes his team, will accept the Tulano game as Its chance to avenge In a degree the threo defeats administered by southern teanW, and put Pacific coast football bock In the running with opponents from below the Ma son and pixon line. "My boys have como along pretty fast, especially since the Notre Dame victory," said Coach Jones, "but of courso it's pretty hard to tell just how good this Tulane team Is. ' "I have every reason, to believe Coach Beernle Blerman's team was stronger -than it showed against Washington State, which Was tho only game we had an opportunity to scout. "And you'll , have to discount our gnmo with Georgia as a basis of comparison. Wti were on. the peak for that gamo and besides we got a lot of breaks. . LamlH Tulane Hacks "You can be Sure of ,this much, wo won't be too cocky 'to suppose Tulane can t beat us. Where a team has such fine punters and, passers as Nollte Pelts, Harry GloVcf and Don Zimmerman It can. make It tough for the 'best elevens In tho country. It's awful hard to build a pass defense against a fellow like Zimmerman, who throws 'em on tho dead run. ; "Of courso we'll havo a lot of pow er to our own defense, and wo hope to change the plays around a llttlo now that Tulano's scouts have seen us work to cross them up a bit. "I understand that Vernou Haynea is every bit as good an end as Jorry Dalrymple, and a couple of good ends can play havoc with your offense sometimes, especially If the rest of tho lino holds up well." Cardinals' Scout i Finds The West Full Of "Ivory" ST. LOUIS (I) The Pacific const, with no organized baseball league except one AA circuit, offers an ex cellent field for Inauguration of a good minor league, lu the opinion of Charley Barrett, veteran Cardinal scout who recently returned from a westorn "Ivory hunt.' Promising material Is plentiful on the California' sandlote, Barrett re ports, but chances for the young sters In organized bail aro few and for between. Mwny big league clubs neglect to scout tho region because of tho expense of bringing young players cost. "I picked up four youngsters in a month In California," Barrett said. "By staying out thero a whilo longer I could have accumulated enough prospects to furnish half a dozen Class D leagues." Just now the Cardinals have so many requests for try outs from young playeers "that we can't afford to finance all the trials." However, Barrett added, "if the young men aro willing to go to ono of our camps at their own expense, wo will agree to rclmburso them for their expenses if they show enough to wnrrnnt signing them." BANDITS CAPTURED BY JAPANESE . 1 v-' t ' ; at 4 liriven alonff ."lit harms,-' two rnptlrit i hlnrse bnixllt art shown In thin uniiMiinl plrtHir n thi-r tit Ini to prison Immic-ks hj- n Junnnrsip Foldlrr In the .Miuirliiirhin wiir lour. Tlic prlsniK-ra wrir murium of br.niltt fnrrfs lilrh have niotMtra I hi- Jupanrse nrntj-. Note how scfiurlj- tlirj- art bound. i Wrestlers Here SL Cliff White, of Denver, and Count Harkovosky, former Hussion, wero In La Grande early today in readiness for their appearance tonight on a wrestline card at the Eagles hall at 8 o'clock. Karkovsky Is to meet Howard Cantonwlne. Iowa heavy, In tho main event and White will match holds with Prank McCarroll. of Boise. In a 30-minute semi-final. Cantonwlne left Portland early this morning In his automobile and , WHfi scheduled to reach La Grande this afternoon. McCarroll left Boise this morning also, and was due here about noon. . , - ; itav McCarroll. promoter, , an nounced, that Roy Farnam would servo as announcer and as referoe for. the preliminaries and tho semi final. . . Gerald Butcher will maet kid Kavanaugh In a four-round boxing preliminary. Fans are anticipating a whirlwind of a main event with both Canton wino and Harkovosky favorites here. The former has defeated every man he , has faced on a La Grande mat and Harkovosky holds the same rec ord, although two' weeks ago was his Initial match here. At that time the count manhandled Jack Root, of Denver , winning with two straight falls, Tho opinion of the fans was still somewhat divided although the ma jority pinned their faith on the lowan to emerge a winner tonight. HORN SBY HAS V BRIGHT HOPES FOR THE YEAR (Note: This Is another of base ball series on the results of ma jor league shake ups, and pros pects for 1D32). liy Paul AUcltcIson (Associated Press Sports Writer) CHICAGO, Dec. 22 (lit Manager Rogers Hornsby harbors no baseball hallucinations as he busily . assem bles his Cubs for the next National league pennant dash. , - - "We should be mjuch stronger with Burleigh Grimes pitching for us and with some fine recruits com ing up," Hornsby said as tho Cubs completed the big deal by which they acquired the Cardinal mound ace for Hock Wilson and Pitcher Bud Teachout. "Wo may not win. tho 1932 pen nant because of the strong Cardinal opposition but we ultimately . will climb to the top and may stay there tor six or seven years." With William Wrlgley's bankroll attracting a large group of minor league stars, the fortunes of the Cub forcea for 1932 appear excellent. Grimes should give them one of the finest balanced pitching staffs of , the league coupled with Pat Malone, Charllo Root, Guy Bush, and Bob Smith. . I Hornsby 's Idea of a great ball club 1 Is ono of great speed on tho bases and afield and he Is construct! ngj i no ciuo aiong jusc tnpse lines, ,.. His most perplexing problems are third and second bases, and one po sition In the outfield. Lester Bell apparently Is through dofcndlng the third sack because of his sore arm. Tho Cubs have acquired Stanley Hack, Sacramento star of the Pacific Coait league. Library of the Vatican ' Make a trip1 to the Vatican li brary and It will reward you In tuaiiy ways. Your eyes may bo glad io look nt Dnnte'8 '-Divine Coniiuo din," dedicated to Boccnclo or the fourth century Cordox Vntleonus, which hns unclnl writing (is Its per fection. There Is here olso an Ail- Kustcnn Vlmll of tne Second cen- tury, and a largo collection of auto- I Ernnli letters from Petrarch. Tasso. ltnpliacl, Anno Uoleyn and even i Martin I.iilher. Hero are frescoes, bronzes from the calacomb9 and nbout 500,000 books to 1111 many an odd hour. Kxehenee. Shame , . Slinme contract tlio spirits, ilx'c the rnmblliiKs of funcy and gaiher.' Iho ninn Inin himself, sonili 3 t U. S. C. Credited With Belt Team Work of Season (Note: Thik is the second of a series of four stories featuring tho views of, the nation's sports editors, and .writers on the ath letic hlghspot of i93i. xhe ac companying story is , In response to the Associated Press query: "What was the outstanding team achievement In sports for 1931?" Tomorrow, the poll on tho big gest upset will be discussed). , Alan Gould (Associated Press Sports Editor) NEW YORK, Dec. 22 W) By a margin equally as convincing as that gained by Pepper Mfu-tin in the in dividual. f.leld, Southern California's sensational football team Is credited by thtf nation's sports experts with the., outstanding . individual team achievement for 1931 in any branch of sport. That's how highly thoy regard the Trojan victory that ended the three year Winning streak at Notre Dame "Thero has , been nothing in years to compare with that four-quarter comeback, and triumph of Southern California against the Irish," wrote one sports editor who voiced wide spread feeling. ."It was a magnifi cent team achievement In every re spect." f , Heavy Vote Southern California, in the na tional poll of sports editors and writers conducted by the Associated Press,- received 72 .votes out of a pos sible 131. This was exactly double the total for the .St. Louis Cardinals whoso feat in overthrowing the world champion Athletics was voted tho outstanding accomplishment by 30' experts. . The glanior of college football, still fresh lii mind, perhaps swayed the opinions of some observers. On tho other hand, many pointed out that the chief factors in the Cardi nal baseball victory were three ex ceptional individual perefofmers Martin, Grimes and Hall ah an whereas Southern California come through oh the strength of its su perb teamwork in the crisis against Notre Dame. Moreover, while the vote for the Trojans largely was based on. what they did against the Irish, the foot also was pointed out that U. 8. C, routed almost every football foe after drop-ping the first gamo of the season to St. Mary's. . If a clincher is needed to. tho ar gument, the .majority of St. .Louis experts diclosed they had no .preju dice or doubt in their minds by vot ing for Southern California itv pref erence to the home-town Cardinals. - . . The Vote Tho results of the Associated Press poll: r .Southern California football team, 72. St. Xouls . Cardinals, world . base ball champions, 38. ,, Philadelphia Athletics, American league champions, 6. , . , . . Army football team. 6, Navy crew, Poughkeepsie ham- 'N'ictor Dions. 3. . . St. Mary's football . tenni, over U, S. C, 3. Tulane, southern conference ' foot ball champions, 2. .. ' Oklahoma City football team, un defeated In 12 games 1. , British Davis cup team, victor ovor United States, 1, . Columbia's football team (for Im provement), 1. .... Michigan's football team (for de fense), 1. This Game of Golf 5 llr O, R. Keelcr rWny, how the thing wo call luck funs in strings and not so funny, either, when a break comes like that which 1 retired Horton Smith from the great match play open golf tourna ment at San Francisco, a few horrs after tlie tall Missourlan had led grand field under the wire In the hole medal qualification test, , Hortorir swinging with the smooth ness that once made him the sensa tion of the professional world In the jblg winter tournaments, had led the iiem wun carets ox va- io 193, a BtroKe better than par on the sodden, rain drenched course. He lookifd at least as formidable as any man In the show. And three hours latf he was ( out of It with a fractured bone In hts right wrist, suffered In one of the oddest motor accidents in the books. Horton, riding with Joe Kirk wood re turning to the Lake Merced club for a dinner engagement, put out his right ann as a signal, assisting Joe, who was backing the car into a park ing Bpace. There was a post he did not see. The arm was ijammed be tween the post and the car. An X- ray revealed a fracture which doctors say will keep Horton lout of golf for all the winter season. Had Just Found Form . Not the least bitter phase of the accident Is its occurrence Just when Horton seemed to have Ironed out his swing and worked his game Into tho form' that was the admiration and despair of his fellow-professionals in the brilliant winter campaigns of 19B7, 1928 and 1929. , Horton at his best displayed a tiny defect or rather" an Idiosyncrasy in his beaxitiful stroke which, properly controlled, did not affect his play sufficiently to keep him away from I th0 very top rank In tourney after .tourney In those years. I Rated a short swinger, a careful ex j ami nation of the stroke showed that I while the club in a full shot never ( approached the horizontal, tho hands were lifted very high st the top of the swing; and the first motion In starting tho downward stroko was a further ''cocking" of tho wrist; so that the aro and the hand-action (Were as extreme, even, as those of 1 Bobby Jones, without the extraordin-, Urlly free pivot of the latter. .Tln Trouble But Uicre wiu Just the suspicion of looseness In the left wrist and elbow jHt Impart: n sort ot flaccldlty at vari ance with the almost rigid firmness the When ho was going well, this never seemed to bother Smith. Perhaps he . . ...... , , .. got to thinking about it; perhaps the prescribed for this juncture by orthodox.- LU,u' ,WUfl B"ua OI compeuuon BiDempsey "looks good," so far as he!none of the old leg spring back of on his superb nerves a trifle what-1 has gone. it w,v . - ovor tho reason, he began strewing his .'., , , , big shots a bit, in 1930; he was off- (Mn fWalleC(; Is conservative in his .Td nflte to see him get Into the line this way and that; and even his Klie g VCS th . m lrinS wltu 80ine hard h!ttinf? younS exemplary chlpoimr and nuttine U. ll a. '-I ,.-,.,-,.,.1 game to a winning level. Always thoughtful and studious. Horton set about correcting the trouble. And it seemed he had about accomplished the correction, and was set for a great winter spin, when this accident put him on, the sidelines. An unusually tough break .and one sincerely regretted by a host of fans and by all the golfers who look ed for the 'Sharpest competition with him this season. - - , . . , 3 Q $ 4- Sport Slants . . By Alan J. Gould (Associated Press Sports Editor) So far the reports as to whether Old Man Dempsey still has the stuff for a big come-back In 1932. designed iu wic a taut, utuicwuil una TKJr- Why Not A ASave NOW! JiBf I m 5j8 -Ip!)-, 41 va" on Furniture for e A ' I ' ' X PL Christmas giving! Now -JLaldsV . & W Wtft'&di 1 you can give worthwhile "nL -Jjl presents at worthwhile , A-SI -vfVl"S.i!- Priscilla Sewing Cab-' & V WMt1M- :"'-si ' '& -irr ? ' ' met lint Mahogany or V .: VWP ; . Use Our $6.75 g P - Deferred k '. '.. ' Wj . Payment Plan ' ll. I . -H I MetcdSmokev I - B--'.:- -r-?fi.- 1 W-JI t .WiM'tM Ii ,r:ir3',tJ.lf.1' . 0?., ' ft".t"J liiCA JCH- f W m VMMSFmmmmmm . sive, yet so really use- LOUNGE CHAIR Gifts for Comfort Magazine & Jg gft -s-J ! 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"acl " " " OUv when he really lets go, thiffc;frcm mm for three or four rounds. 1 no is siowiy getting back Into cood condition and .prefers Max Schmeling'he made tabout $300,000 so far fto any of the other prospective op-! out of his trip. That may or may not ponents discussed for him in 1932. jbe s0 but Jf it is he should act on "Schmsllng." points out Mr. Wol-jthe alibi already well established lace, "is'the . type Dempscy likes." The ed that he will, not be able to get German is a, willing mixer. By wad-i back into shape for a championship Ing in, he would give Dempsey the fight." -- t chance .to throw punches with ai '. minimum of legwork.1 lUsfivntlng Opinion ,; On the other hand, I have this ring side view of Dempsey. tho barnstorm or from the observing Mr. George T. McConville of our St. Paul forces; "I know you are . one. of the boost ers of the old man and If you real ly lika him. keep him away from the younger boys. In tho ring hero he was Just an I Old Man who knew how to take care of himself. "Of course he was usinc 12-ounce gloves, but there didn't seem to bo j the zip on his punches he had tho last time I saw him, which was against iJllIV MIS :e hpm Vfiara. arm Ula 1 J ""w.-wunHre jus icgs ana they have been tot- lady's room.' piece set. STIDIO COUCH $27.50 A GREAT value, and a nice pres ent! Comfortable spring and Bohoerik FOUR FLOORS ine him around too many years to stand the going. iSter with brains enougn lO SKty away "n ia ctr mni- nrmmri here Touchdown (ilft - To the collection of football's queer- 'est happenings of 1931, Don McGuire - 1 of our Dcs Moines, staff contributes this one: "I think It was the shortest return of a punt for a touchdown during the season, a five-yard run by E. Ron zanl, Marquette quarterback. "Against Drake here Thanksgiving dav Becker. Maroiiette end. nunted. j the ball being downed on Drake's five yard line; ' "Llndstrom. Drake quarterback, purltlng from behind his own goal line, got off a weak kick that went, crazily to' the left and fairly high. , "Ronzanl raced across the field and took 'the 'ball on the five yard line Cedar Chest Har (mine Walnut Veneeied $23 BEAUTIFUL walnut veneered Chests, lined with real Cedar, now attractively priced for Christmas giving. Others at $9.75 to $35.00 am OF GIFTS . directly in front of the goal posts, 1 UUUU15 miiiiun.wvvu " . WJUCa down. Merquette won 32 to 6. . OREGON STATE DEFEATS CLUB MOND At, 48-23 PORTLAND, Dec. 22 (P)-Oregon State college's basketball quintet de cisively defeated Multnomah club 43 to 23 here lost night. In the pre liminaries, Multnomah intermcdi iaten defeated f Stevenson, Wash., High, 69 to 11, while Washington High beat Columbia Preps 24 to 17 in, an; overtime seml-twindupi A smoot working offensive attack that carried . the . ball beneath the basket and tlen through it gave tho Beavers their victory after the Winged M quintet- had .mnde it a ball game for the first two periods. Ken Fngans, Beaver forward; was the bright light in the final half, dropping one-handed shot through with precision, followed closely by Davis, substitute guard. Kill Kee. nan's floor work and King Bailey, beneath tho basket, were outstand ing for the club men. Ellsworth Vines, national singles tennis champion, has turned In his basketball suit at University of Southern California at devoto his time to getting in shape for, the Da vis Cup trials. . , Lamps Assorted "I'IStT our complete Lamp T Department; it will solve your Christmas gift prob lem I Lumps at SI.7S to ?!2.n0 p lo9 ' XHrCVM'
